Doctors in Northern California say they have seen more deaths from suicide than they’ve seen from the coronavirus during the pandemic.

“The numbers are unprecedented,” Dr. Michael deBoisblanc of John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, California, told ABC 7 News about the increase of deaths by suicide, adding that he’s seen a “year’s worth of suicides” in the last four weeks alone.

DeBoisblanc said he believes it’s time for California officials to end the stay-at-home order and let people back out into their communities.

"Personally, I think it's time," he said. "I think, originally, this was put in place to flatten the curve and to make sure hospitals have the resources to take care of COVID patients. We have the current resources to do that, and our other community health is suffering."

Kacey Hansen, a trauma center nurse at John Muir Medical Center for more than 30 years, says she’s worried not only about the increased suicide attempts but also about the hospital’s ability to save as many patients as usual.

"What I have seen recently, I have never seen before," Hansen said. "I have never seen so much intentional injury."

Businesses across California have started defying stay-at-home orders imposed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, and hundreds of protesters have hit the streets, making the argument that the orders were only meant to flatten the curve of the virus’s spread, which Newsom himself said was achieved in mid-April.

Suicide has been an increasingly significant problem across the country as the coronavirus outbreak caused stay-at-home orders that led to unemployment and stress.

By late March, more people had died in just one Tennessee county from suicide than had died in the entire state directly from the virus.

A study published in early May suggested that the coronavirus could lead to at least 75,000 deaths directly brought on by anxiety from the virus, job losses, and addiction to alcohol and drugs.

Another study conducted by Just Facts around the same time computed a broad array of scientific data showing that stress is one of the deadliest health hazards in the world and estimated that the coronavirus lockdowns will destroy 7 times as many years of human life than strict lockdowns can save.

Earlier this week, more than 600 doctors signed their names on a letter to President Trump, referring to the continued lockdowns as a “mass casualty incident” and urging him to do what he can to ensure they come to an end.

2) California is one of the most unequal places on the planet and is over-represented in mental illness and homelessness. Suicide there has probably been the leading cause of death for people under 40 for several years now.

Every state in the US has partially re-opened by this date and Dr. Fauci, often cited as an authority on why we needed lockdowns, has recently been warning against extending the lockdowns for too long.

200k/yr media job where we all wear sweater vests, kiss each other & try to convince people Biden is technically a "molestor" not a "rapist."

Science is not maths. It uses maths, but it is not maths. While there are many STEM people who are Liberals, Cultural Marxists and even orthodox Marxists, most Liberals are terribly ignorant when it comes to STEM. So science doesn't really do proofs. We have no proof that all those 96 thousand really died from the Xi virus. There has not been a major increase in deaths over the average in America in 2020. Any increase that we do see maybe because of the effects of the lock down not from the Xi virus itself.

The Liberal generally precedes from a very simplistic logic.

1 Trump said some ever so slightly derogatory remarks about Muslims.2 Therefore Trump is evil.3 Trump doesn't like lock downs. Trump wants to protect the economy.4 Therefore lockdowns are good and we ought to be seeking to destroy the economy.

While I support the impeachment of Salvador Allende, no executive Presidencies, proportional representation and short fixed term parliaments would have been preferable.

Rich wrote:The Liberal generally precedes from a very simplistic logic.

1 Trump said some ever so slightly derogatory remarks about Muslims.2 Therefore Trump is evil.3 Trump doesn't like lock downs. Trump wants to protect the economy.4 Therefore lockdowns are good and we ought to be seeking to destroy the economy.

None of this is factual. It's pro-Trump propaganda by someone who can't stand to see Trump criticized for anything. Fascists like to do that.

People are attacking Trump for his shitty leadership which has caused even more damage to the economy, not because of lockdowns. Trump has always cared more about $$$ than people.

Stop the bullshit and insane conspiracy theories. They don't help your argument... if there was one.

“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

in my country the death rate is exactly correlated with the seasonal flu death statisticsmost people have nothing to be afraid from this virus just like the seasonal flu.I dont buy this mass hysteria. there have been videos of people fainting at the beginning of this virusthan suddenly those videos have stopped. we also hear every now and than about the supposed origins of this virus or some "cure" that have been foundnext step is mandatory flu shots. who knows what they gonna put in theresomething weird is going on and Im not buying the mainstream narrative

You mean only 16,000 have been infected and 276 have died, in Israel(which I assume is where you are).

If 16,000 people had caught the flu, then only 8 would have died, if I need to make a comparison to put the stupidity of your argument into perspective for you. That means Covid-19 is about 35 times more deadly than the flu.

But hey... You can do the math, right? Or can you?

“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Godstud wrote:You mean only 16,000 have been infected and 276 have died, in Israel(which I assume is where you are).

If 16,000 people had caught the flu, then only 8 would have died, if I need to make a comparison to put the stupidity of your argument into perspective for you. That means Covid-19 is about 35 times more deadly than the flu.

But hey... You can do the math, right? Or can you?

almost all people who died were either very old or had some other illnessesand to be honest this statistic is not very reliable eitherthose people could have died from seasonal flu or from swine flu

What I want to say is that its not worth locking down an entire country there have been people who committed suicide because of this lockdown and the economic situation

Yes, Fascists typically don't care about their elderly or people who might have Diabetes or some other non-life-threatening illness, who might also die from Covid-19. You must hate your parents and grandparents. Sad.

It's as reliable as any flu statistics.

THIRTY FIVE times more deadly than the flu. You sure are terrible at math.

People are always committing suicide. More people would commit suicide if more family members died.

If you think I am making an emotional argument, you are correct. You can't seem to deal with anything BUT that. Facts and statistics escape you.

“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Godstud wrote:Yes, Fascists typically don't care about their elderly or people who might have Diabetes or some other non-life-threatening illness, who might also die from Covid-19. You must hate your parents and grandparents. Sad.

It's as reliable as any flu statistics.

THIRTY FIVE times more deadly than the flu. You sure are terrible at math.

People are always committing suicide. More people would commit suicide if more family members died.

some people are prone to this mass hysteria which the media is spreading others will commit suicide because of the economic falloutIm not a fascist if anything Im for complete freedom of the individual and against China and their fascist party which you trust and supportI dont hate my parents and I dont think they are at risk of dying from this they are in their 50s not that oldwe all had some a flu back in December and nothing happenedin my town 70 people were sick from corona nobody died

we dont even know the true origins of this virus everything at this point is pure speculationsome stories about bats and armadillos sounds like bollocks